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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-22

rs greatas the whole number Of inhabit-
ants Of Ohio, and sixteen times a. great as
the whole population Of West Virginia.
If the condition Of London is terrible
now, what must it be then? All the tariff
laws and legislation in the world cannot
prevent intense suffering, among so many
people herded together where there is 50
little means of gaining a subsistence. Thou
sands of these people may be willing to
work at any price, but when there is no
work to be done, Of course they cannot get
it. Mr.. PORTER says that 5000 men anx-
ious to work are turned away from the
wharf every morning.
Are not the cities of our country tending
the same way, the population Of the oun
try and from foreign nations rushing into
the cities to swell the already rapid in
crease? A statistical writer calls attention
to the fact that the growth and multiple
cation Of cities is something startling. He
saws that in 1870 one-thirtleth Of our pop
ulation lived in cities of 5000 inhabitants
or over; in 1900, One-twenty-ffth; in 1870,
one-twentieth; in 1880, one-sixteenth; IN
1910, one-twelflh; IN 1850, one-eighth; in
1860, one-sixth; in 1870, One-ffth; and
now fully one-fourth. In 1900 We bad
only six cities of over 5000 inhabitants.
Now there are, according to the last CEN
sus, 2S6. But, not to multiply such facts,
it is evident that . movement Of tremen-
dous significance and consequence, effect
ing changes that are simply revolutionary
TO the entire life of the civilized world, Is
going on, and the rapidity with which these
mighty transformations are being made Is
by no means diminishing.
At this rate it will not take u country
long to reach the condition of European
states, when the great majority o fOur people
are crowded into great cities. London,
since the beginning of the century, has In
creased more than five fold. In Scotland
three out Of every four live in cities. The
largest cities Of Russia have doubled IN
twenty years. Berlin is three times larger
than il was in 1850. The rapid immigra-
ton to our shores will swell American
cities even faster, since the public lands
will soon cease to he an outlet for the sur
plus population.
THOMAS JEFFERSON once said: Great
cities are sores upon the body polite. y
If this is true, what is to be said OF the
prospect? While large cities develop the
highest phases of civilization, they develop
also the lowesta and are hotbeds for all the
forces that are en'mies to morality and
religion. But the tending toward the
great centers of population can not be
stopped till it has run its course. In the
past this course has ended in wars and
pestilenee, and the population has thus
time and again beer redistTibuted. Old
ruins and buried cities are the only mOnu-
ments of many of these terrible commissions.
MACAULAY's picture of the New Zealand
er gazing upon the ruins of London Bridge
and wondering what manner of men once
dwelt there is a picture that has time and
again had its realization in the past and
may have in the future.
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ST. GAINESVILLE
III Saloons Close Up-Memorial Dsy-Gen-
eral News.

The Saloons Close Up-Memorial Dsy-Gen.
eral News.
Special Thgrdm 10 u Sunday REGISTER.
ST. GAINESVILLE, May 2l.-The saloons
all closed last night and will not open to-
morrow, rs the prohibition Of the Dow
Law ordinance goes into effect. There
will be n large demand for soft drinks for
a time, and many private trips to the
n~eighboring towns.
The county treasury has already re-
eeived about 81 800 this term Of court, in
the way OF fines from saloon keepers.
Communion services will be held to-day
in the NJ. Z. Church, Rev. Louis Paine,
Presiding Elder, will preach the sermon.
The portIco and steps of the new Court
House are expected to be completed this
week. By the way a proposition is on foot
to vacate the remainder OF the street in the
rear of the Court House TO North Commons
for a park. The street cannot be used any
how.
Thomas E. Stewart, a prominent Demo
crat Of York township, vas on our streets
yesterday.
Mrs. i. NJ. Cowen and daughter, OF
Flushing, are visiting st. Clairsville
friends.
st. Clairsville base ball enthusiasts, as a
general thing, rejoice with Wheeling,
when her club wins. Some few, however,
would like 10 see GAINESVILLE win, on ac-
count of state pride. Q
DrummOnd Post G.. A. r., Of this place
has made all arrangements for the proper
observance of Memorial Day, May Both.
The exercises will be held in front Of the
new court house, after which the line OF
march will be formed, and the graves OF
the soldiers strewn with flowers. Rev. ID.
G.. Stewart of Pennsylvania, will deliver
the Grafton.
The State of Ohio VS.. Joseph Dobler,
indicted for fraudulently obtaining the
genuine signature Of ATbuckles * Co., Is
set for trial on June 1st.
Mrs. T.. ID. Cattell, of Mart in's Ferry,
is on a visit tO st. Clairsville friends.
James F. Tallman is the new Secretary
of st. Clair Building Association, vice F.
K. Sedgwick, removed TO Martins Ferry.
1t has been suggested that John Ferren
call bis new volunteer fuzzeless peach, the
Cyclone"
George W. Hughes, who went away with
White & Kennedy's show, n property
man, has returned.
The Board of Managers Of the Belmont
County Agricultural Society have issued
another call for one more day Of volunteer
work, Friday, May 81, 1Ss7. By the way,
II. Loos Il Co, of Wheeling, sent up a do
nation of s. for their share, for which the
Board return thanks.
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SANITATION AND THE CHOLERA,

SANITATION AND THE CHOLERA.
The recent report OF the Registrar Gen
eral OF England shows additional evidence
of the success there is being made in
guarding against disease and p~rolongiDg
human life through the sanitary measures
that have been adopted in the last thirty
years. The death rate for 1886 was 1913
per thousand Of the population, which
was lower than that recorded in any pre-
viOus year since the registration system
was started in 1857, with tbs two excep-
tions of 10 in lsS5, and ls.9in ISL. The
mean annual death rate for the six years
since lS-O did not exceed 1873 which was
q below the mean rate between 1870 and
1SSO. This means that $500 persons IN
England and Wales were alive at the end
of those six years who would have been
dead if the rate of mortality which pre-
vailed between 1870 and 1850 had been
maintained. The reduction is largely
accounted for by falling off in the deaths
from the principal zymotic or filth dis
eases, which have sunk from an annual rate
OF l.l5 per thousand between 1850 and
1870, TO 3.iO between 1870 and 1850, and
2.43 since 1880. The proportion Of infant
mortality has also been pereeptibly dimin-
ished, falling from an average Of 1i9 per
thousand births during the ten years pre-
ceding 1880 to Ill in the six years since
then. The birth rate itself last year was
only 32i, which is lower than any year
since 1913, and the natural increase of pop
ulation by the excess of births over deaths
accordingly shows a decline from S75922
in 1Ssi and 81, $40 in 1sS5, to $50, 13S in
1856.
Similar results are found from the adOp-
ton Of better sanitary measures in this
country. Sanitation is of the utmost inn
pOrtance at this time. The hot summer
weather is now Just coming On with
all its ~eneryating influences. Pure
air, pure water and proper food
are requisites to good health. It is not
unlikly that the cholera that has been
moving such rosds among the inhabitants
of South American cities, and Of which we
hear vague and unpleasant rumOrS from
Mexico, may yet visit us this summer
Those who have their premises in the best
sanitary condition and keep their vitality
strong by proper food and drink will be
the ones most likely to escape the seOurge.
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srEuBENvnLE.
rAearan % as ssaday Regiar.

Special Tiecrua 10 ne Susdoy Register.
SrEUBESvILLE, May 21.-In q spirit OF
kindness and only having the good Of the
club at heart, we would suggest to the
Board of Directors that as everything else
has been tried without avail that they take
the matter in hand, and do what four-ffths
of the people believe should have been done
long ago, quietly request Manager Woods
10 tender his resignation, and, on receiving
il, cast about for some n who knows
something about CONTROLLING the affairs Of
d base ball club, and appoint him instead
In the first place the small spirit he has
displayed in several instances is evidence
that he has not the capacity to fill the
position. Because Of q personal feeling
against Dunn he made q great parade Of
strutting out into the diamond and throw
ing a silver dollar into the box to
Carroll rs a reward for striking Dunn
out. This little piece Of babyism dis
gusted everyone who witnessed il, and
when Dunn struck a three Dagger, bring
ing home enough runs to win the game
for Wheeling, the audience rejoiced be,
cause il was a fitting rehnke to the self
constituted boss. On another occasion he
peremptorily declined to sign q known
good player because lie didn't like him
personally. In the management OF the
club the field captain has no voice, Woods
taking il all ON himself, and one day he
will have a man in the field and the next
day on a base, and thus keeps continually
shifting the men around until they have
no opportunity to get used to any position.
Common sense, rs well as all rules, teach
that o players ability for a certain position
should be learned and he should then be
put there and not removed. A membe oil
our club WAS overheard to remark
that none of them ever knew.
what position they were going
to play until after they got on the ground,
as Woods would never place them until a
short time before the hour ut which the
game would be called. A short time ago
he arbitrarily forced a man to play third
base, after being told that he had q lame
arm and could not throw n ball to first.
He simply replied: II want you to play
third" The man did play third, made a
bundle of errors and lost the game. If the
matter keeps mp the way 1t has been going
"A game played meaning a certain defeat
they might a well DO as one Of the
stockholders directed, lock the gates and
let the clubs play for their own amuse-
ment, for no one will go to see them. The
directors owe it to the stockholders, who
are liable not only to lose the money they
have already invested, but double the
amount Mt the end OF the season, and to
the city, to make n change.
L. f. Maple and family left Thurday for
McKeesport, Pa, where they will here
after reside.
Probate Judge Croskly made his hrst
appearance at his Office on Thursday, after
recovering from a severe attack OF illness.
Miss Clara Baker, daughter Of Rev. +.
]. Baker, left Thurday morning Tor an eN-
tended visit TO her sister, who has been
i'll ut Thompson, Pa
W. p. Logan, President of the Royal
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The Legislature has given New o
city the power 10 expend not more than
81, OOO, 600 in forming small public parks
in different parts of the city. The Mayor
is at the head ofthe committee for choosing
the sites and forming the parks The
committee will have power to condemn
property when necessary, justas is done IN
locating roads and streets They will be
located in overcrOwded parts Of the city
and will form breathing places for the Peo-
pie who are eOOped up in the lofty build
ings and narrow streets, and will bea god
send to the poor people who are unable to
get out of the city to breathe the pure air
of the country.
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nrouNpsvILLE.
Local Happenings and Social DOings of
the Week.

NEH
Local Happenings and Social Doings OF
the Week.
SsecidI TtlsoraR to ae Sunday EegiAT.
MoUSDsyILLE, May 21.-The "Moun-
tain Fishing and Hunting Club left for
Fishing Creek this week, consisting Of the
following gentlemen: C. r. Oldham, John
Higgins, Az Mcconnell, Will Dunn and
Joe Lockwood.
Mr.. Thomrs Finn, Clerk of Court is seri-
ously i'll, little hopes are entertained Of his
recovery.
Mr.. Ferd. Dorsey, of Powhattan, is in
town to-day.
Mrs w. W. Smith and son, VIII Weaver,
Mrs. r. Chaddock, Mrs. E. I'll. Mclean,
Mrs. C. C. Mathews and Miss Annie Gam
BILE, embarked on the Andes for Cincinnati
10 attend the May Festival
W. s. Mathews was elected School Com
missioner for Independent School District.
The Sunday School teachers Of the Epis-
copal Church will meet at the residence oil
Mrs. A. j. Martin ON Thursday evening.
Simpson NJ. L. Church will be re-opened
Sunday. Rev. Stewart pastor.
Sheriff W. II. H. Showacre presided over
the Temperance mass meeting on the camp
grounds on Sunday, Rev. B. F. Myer:
opened the meeting with prayer and Mr..
G. W. Bags was the orator for the occa'
sion.
Mr.. Ebert L. Simms and Miss Clara
Brown from near Darlington, o., were
married on Friday by Rev. VIC. Steele.
Mrs. Will Rumble and daughter, o.
| Wheelag. are visiting here.
Street Commissioner Fountain has COM
meneed work on III streets with a force ol
workmen.
E. Weaver & Sons have rented the Elem
ing building and are occupying it manu-
featuring fly nets.
The election is o a thing of the past
and we have no license revenue, but We
have the saloons.
The Ohio River road officials and a mum
Der Of gentlemen interested in ~railroadlsm
passed through here this week on a special
train, with Charles Henderson, as con
ductor.
JOS. W. Gallaher, ST., leaves in a shor'
time for the East to purchase his summer
stock of cooks.
Dr.. X. w. Hall has purchased part o.
the Elder estate. Consideration, 1912.
The Episcopal Sunday school will give
their annual picnic in June.
Miss Daisy Myers has a crayon portrait
on exhibition at ID. l.. LOgan's furniture
store.
A number from here attended the Gil
more band concert. .
Miss Agnes Caulfield has returned iron
a visit to Huntsville, u.
Rumor a y there is TO be q wedding IL
the Third Ward the first of the coming
month, for which quite extensive prepare
tons are being made.
'Lun" Nottingham is here from Ne
braska.
J. A. Schwold's cradle factory is doine
a booming business.
Miss Carrie Whitaker, Of Wheeling, was
the guest of Mrs. Charles Thompson this
week.
One of our stagnant lakes was partly
filled up with tan bark this week.
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Greatly Excited.

Not q few OF the citizens OF Whrrliu,
have recently become greatly excited over
the astounding facts, that several Of their
friends who have been pronounced by their
physicians as incurable and..bcyond all hope
suffering with that dreaded monster
Consumption-haye been completely cured
by DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption, the only remedy that dos poi.
lively cure all throat and lung diseasS
Coughs, Colds, Asthma and Brun,htiN
Trial bottles free at at Logan & Co 5 drug
store, lage bottles 81.
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To Add to His Collection.

"a diamond, weighing over four ounces
and nearly the size Of silver dollar, has
just been found in one of the Western Ter
ritOries, read the sage, and he looked over
his glasses tai the fat reporters desk OppO-
site. That is too bad for my wife" said
the fat reporter, 'tfOr she will have to 90
without her shoes a while longer; | must
have that diamond"
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The Old Silver spoon,

How fresh in my mind are the days of my sick.
ness,
When ! tossed me in pain, all feyered and sore:
The burning, the nausea, the sinking and weak.
nesS,
And even the old spoon th8tmymedicine bore.
The old silver spoon, the family spoon.
The Sick-chamber spoon that my medicine bore.
How 10th were my eyer-parchedli lips 10 receive IL
How nauseQus the stuff that Il bore 10 my
tongue
And the pain al my inyards, oh, naueht could
relieve IL,
Though tears Of disgust from my eyeballs it
wrumg.
The old silver spOOn, the meiieine spoon.
How awful the stun that il len on my tongue.
Such is the effect of nauseous. gripping
medicines which make the sick-room a
memory Of horror. DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgatiye Pellets, on the contrary. are
small, s~ugar-eoated, easy to take, purely
vegetable and perfectly effective. p cents
a vial.
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or Blackburn. In this building, which
Governor j. Proctor Knott will vacate the
first day of next September, will reside for
the four succeeding years Gen. Simon Boil
war Buckner, who surrendered the Con-
federate army at Fort Donelson, and whose
nomination by the Democratic party for
Governor of Kentucky assures his election;
and here will the young wife of the latter,
a native of Virginia, whose genealOgy is
traced to i Norman knight under William
the Conqueror, preside with the grace and
elegance of a lady Of the old Dominion
school, in which beauty and refinement
are the essential attributes.
W. III. N, JR.
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over 10 years OF
age, with snow
white hair and
chin whiskers,
h~ollow,gray eyes
and a feeble ex-
preston. He is,
in every sense, a
child of luck.
There is nothing
in his character
which could ever
h "a e brought
him TO his pres
emit high position
among his people
but a series OF
l. .;ropm-
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President CLEVELAND begins his va
cation Of a few days next Thursday, going
to SaranAe Lake, NY, to enjoy the good
fishing. The good wishes Of the people
will 90 with him, hoping he may take
many a big fish. He deserves it.
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fact, many OF the
MOrmOns, includ-
ing some prOmi-
nent men, favor
ed this plan, hut
Cannon was too
much for them.
He had three
wives and he did
not propose to
give them up,
and, taking the
feeble Taylor I'M
der his wing, he
has ruled the
ohuroh ~ararSinaa
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-22
Rennfr isn Prrcinns iiin

And faultless teeth in a lovely mouth is
one Of its greatest charms Be careful of
your teeth, and preserve them by using
S0Z0DONT, that charming dentifrice,
which is perfectly harmless and absolutely
indispensable for the toilet.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-22
In the Alps.

Guide-"If the ladies will only stop
taking, your honor may hear the roaring
of the waterfall across the valley"
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Beware OF OIntments for Catarrh that
contain Mercury,

NOntAan mercury
as Mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole system
entering il through the mucus surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they viii 30 are ten fold 10 the good
you can pOsSibly derive from them. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by +. J. Cheney 4 Co
Toledo, o., contains no mercury and Is taken in
ternally and acts directly upon the blood and
mueus suptscesOf the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure that you get the genuine, II
Is taken internally aud made in Toledo, Ohio,
by +. J. Cheney d q.
HS-SOld by Druggists, price 7Sc. per bottle.
Langhlin Bros Drug Company, Agents for
Wheeling. W. Va
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MORMON LEADERS.
GOSSIP ABOUT THR LEADERS OF UfAHS
MODERN SAINTS.

SPECIAL Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, May 16.
Two interesting characters in the pOliti-
o~-religious history of Utah are John Tay'
elor, president and nominal leader Of the
Mormon church, and George Q. Cannon,
nominal counselor and actual leader of the
plural wived saints.
John Taylor is a childish looking man
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-22
A Cowboy Exhorter.

Converted Cowboy with pistol Took
yer makers name in vain, did ye, Now
air yer gwine ter come inter the gospel oor.
raj or will We remain in yer present state
of sin and misery?-Sif1iRq>.
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No Gentleman.

An exchange says biting the lips is a
bad habit" So tits. The man who'll
bite q girls lips is no gentleman.
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Amateur Farming.

LOGOa CdEcn. s q.
A man came to Us the other day for adj
vice in regard to going into fancy farming,
and we cOunslled him by all means %
start by purchasing IN electrie-light plant.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-22

DoN'r hawk, hawk. and blow, blow,
disgusting everybody, but use DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy.
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stances have placed hlm In poSltlons WHERE
he was forced upward from time to time.
He was with 1.-THE Prophet" Joseph
Smith, in the Jail at Carthage, Mo-, when
the latter was mObbed and killed, and a
wound received in trying to defend his
leader was his only passport to the ranks
of the Twelve Apostles, the body assocla-
ted with the president in ruling the
church. When Brigham Young died
Taylor happened to be the oldest, and,
consequently, the First" Of the apostles,
and for this reason he succeeded to the
head place. Had Brigham died a few years
earlier Taylor would not have been his
successor.
~
George Q. Cannon, who gained consider
able notoriety during his term as terrific
rial delegate to Congress, is man OF entire
" different character. With a good edu-
cation, keen perception, and a capacity for
stubborn resistance, he is enabled to keep
the Mormons in complete surveillance, and
to sway 80 1000 people with perfect ease.
A strong will, coupled with 4 stronger re-
ligious fanaticism and a scheming selfish
ness, make this man a tyrant among ty-
rants.
When, in 1882, Congress passed its first
strenuous measure against polygamy 1t was
thought that Taylor would receive a "reye-
I~ation" abOlishing it, and had he been left
alone, there is little doubt that he would. In
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BE Cautious.

All women are not angels, Of course, but
it isn't prudent to tell them 50.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-03-17
Hen Gone Mad After Money.

Those booms in Alabama and Tennes-
see are dangerous things for the peace
and happiness of the minds Of fortune
hunters. They are likely to explode any
time and blow reason from the brain and
dollars from the pockets. The report
comes from Birmingham and Chattanooga
that people are perfectly wild in their
mad rush for making fortunes in day.
It is not building boom, it is real
estate boom. The building part is not
thought of to any reasonable extent. 1t
is to buy lots and sell them at double the
prices paid. It is a craze as much as
ever affected a gambler with the infatua.
ton Of a gaming table. The people in
these cities are drunk on speculation.
They are making haste to get rich, under
an excitement and strain that shows
how completely given over to the wor.
ship of mammon is this generation.
God is apparently forgotten in the alb.
sorption Of forming "syndicates," corner
lots, !" $50 much per front foot" and sop.
tions." Wall street in New York never
presented wilder scene than is being
enacted by the real.estate boomers in
Birming ham and Chattanooga. Lots
have been sold at such enormous prices
that cannot be improved and made to
pay fair interest no matter what should
transpire in the growth of the respective
places. The reaction is bound to come
when the capitalists get through unload.
ing, and then somebody will cry out, "I
am ruined. ."-Mdrietta journal.